ZE TEPEDINO
MARINA
14 DEC 2024 – 26 JAN 2025
Gallery Isabelle is thrilled to invite you to the opening of Marina, a solo exhibition by Brazilian artist Zé Tepedino, featuring a work by Hassan Sharif.
Marina is not a place but a tide—a rhythm carried in folds, fibers, and fragments. In this exhibition of carioca artist Zé Tepedino, his first solo show in the UAE, he presents works that reflect on the layers shaping our world—both physical and emotional. When he is not engaging with the city on a scale of 1:1—without permits or fanfare, acting guerrilla-style, rearranging urban materials and furniture in public spaces—you find him hoarding the city’s textures into his Lapa studio. He collects the leftovers of Rio’s streets and beaches—sunburnt umbrellas, faded towels, fabric from the iconic beach chairs, crumpled plastic bags, styrofoam beer coolers from samba rodas, and endlessly discarded Havaianas. Tepedino works with urban fabrics (literally), speaks to the resilience of materials, and the beauty found in the traces we leave behind.
Opening hours: Monday – Friday, 10 am – 6 pm
Saturday, 11 am – 7 pm
Address: Unit 17, Alserkal Avenue, Street 8, Al Quoz 1